BEAVER MEETING SCHEDULE : Week 1 Theme: Remembrance Date:

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1 BEAVER MEETING SCHEDULE : Week 1 Theme: Remembrance Date: Time Activity Program Details Leader Responsible 10 mins Gathering Activity Colour Poster 5 mins Opening Ceremony (Details can be found in the Beaver Leader s handbook) Read Remembrance Day Poem 10 mins Game Battleship 20 mins Theme Activity Poppy Craft & Memorial Wreath 10 mins Song/Story Inter-active story Letter To Mom 10 mins. Lodge Meeting Discussion 5 mins Spiritual Fellowship Read Poppy Poem Prayer 5 mins Closing Ceremony (Details can be found in the Beaver Leader Handbook) 15 mins Leader Discussion Time Review meeting & discuss next week s plans Meeting Notes: 1 JUMPSTART: Beavers Remembrance

2 Beaver Meeting Schedule: One Week Theme: Remembrance Week 1 GATHERING ACTIVITY Colour Poster Equipment: Coloured pencils, copies of the poster found on following page. Distribute poster as Beavers arrive. Ask them to colour the poster, and draw in the faces of the soldiers. How many poppies do they see in the picture? The original version of this document has been provided courtesy of Veterans Affairs Canada. 2 JUMPSTART: Beavers Remembrance

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4 OPENING CEREMONY Remembrance Day Poem We wear a poppy On Remembrance Day, And at eleven We stand and pray. GAME Battleship Equipment: None Gather the Beavers together in the middle of the meeting area. Explain that they are all now soldiers on a Battleship. The leader is going to call out some commands and the Beavers must do the appropriate actions. Captain Aboard Beavers stop running and salute. (Show them how to make a salute.) Swab the Decks Beavers use an imaginary mop and mop the floor. Man Overboard Beavers drop to the floor and start to swim. Bombers Beavers run to the closest wall, then drop to the floor and cover their heads with their arms. Peace Beavers gather in the centre of the room and make the peace symbol (first and second finger in a V, thumb holding other fingers curled in. See diagram.) Beavers run around the room stopping only to perform the various actions. As the leader calls out the commands, the Beavers immediately perform the action. End the game with the command Peace. Leaders can add other suitable commands if they wish. THEME ACTIVITY Poppy Craft and Memorial Wreath Equipment: Copies of the Poppy template, scissors, red and black crayons, glue. Ask the Beavers to colour the hearts red and the circle black. When they are finished they cut them out. Glue the points of the hearts together, then glue the black centre of the poppy in the middle. Ask each Beaver to put their name on the back of their poppy. 4 JUMPSTART: Beavers Remembrance

5 The original version of this document has been provided courtesy of Veterans Affairs Canada. 1. Fold squares of red paper into quarters, then diagonally into eights, as shown. 2. Trace the two patterns on the two folded squares as shown, one on each square. 3. Cut the folded squares on the pattern lines and unfold the shapes. They will have a slight bow shape. 4. Glue the smaller shape inside the larger one. 5. Cut a small (2 cm or 3 / 4 in) circle of black paper and glue it in the centre of the flower. Memorial Wreath Equipment: A large cardboard wreath coloured green. Add a Thank You sign at the top of the wreath. As the Beavers finish their poppy shape, either glue or staple them to the wreath. Display the wreath during the meeting. 5 JUMPSTART: Beavers Remembrance

6 INTER-ACTIVE STORY Certain words in the story require the Beavers to perform an action. Ask the Beavers to sit in a circle. Divide them into three groups, assigning each group the action for one word (see below). When Peace is read, everyone does the action. Read the story, allowing the Beavers time to do the action when they hear their word. Action Words Family Stand up, hug themselves Christmas Stand up, say Ho, ho, ho Soldiers Stand up and salute Peace Everyone stands up, raises their arms in the air, and shouts, Hooray! Letter to Mom January 1, 1944 Dear Mom, Happy New Year! I hope you, Dad and the family had a great Christmas. Was I ever glad to hear from you! You don t know how happy it makes me to get mail. Reading your letters gives me such a boost. It has been a bit tough for us over here lately. But the other soldiers get to be like family. We all try to look out for each other! One of the soldiers that came over with me took a hit a couple of weeks ago, but he tells me he s going to be fine. He told me, It was my friends and the nurses who helped me get through it. How is everyone? Gosh I miss all of you. Tell my sisters that I m relying on them to look after my old dog. I expect them to take every bit of care of him as they do that old horse of Dad s. Tell them that sometimes we have used mules to carry our supplies over the mountains. It is so very sad to see the people who are struggling for peace in the midst of a war. The towns are a mess. There are walls tumbling down everywhere. As we move north, we hope we are getting closer to the day when we are at peace and we can all go home. At Christmas we were treated to a real Christmas dinner. We had candies, nuts, oranges, apples and extra chocolate bars. Funny how little things mean so much. Too bad though, after we ate, and sang a few carols, we all went back to the fighting. Things are quieter now, so don t worry! I know that we are protecting peace and freedom but, sometimes, I think about the soldiers we are fighting against. Just like me, they have families waiting for them back home. I heard that one of the soldiers from Quebec (insert your province) is being talked about for a big medal, maybe even a Victoria Cross. That would be a bit of an honour! They say without the brave actions of he and his men, taking this little old town would have been a lot harder for the rest of us. One of our officers reads all our mail, so if there are any holes cut in this letter don t be surprised. It just means that I said something I should not have. Thinking a lot of home. Maybe next year we will all be together as a family for Christmas! Pray for Peace soon. Your affectionate son, George 6 JUMPSTART: Beavers Remembrance

7 LODGE MEETING Discussion In lodges, hold a short discussion about the letter that was just read. The following questions might be used to start the discussion: 1. How did the letter make you feel about soldiers who are protecting peace and freedom? 2. Was there any part of the letter that made you happy? What? 3. Have you ever written a letter or had one written to you? 4. What would you write to a soldier? SPIRITUAL FELLOWSHIP Poppy Poem We are but children small, We are too little to do it all. Children you may do your part. Love each other is how you start. Play without fighting. Share your games and toys, Be kind and thoughtful, To all girls and boys. JUMPSTART: Remembrance 7

8 BEAVER MEETING SCHEDULE : Week 2 Theme: Remembrance Date: Time Activity Program Details Leader Responsible 10 mins Gathering Activity Colour Poppy Wreath 5 mins Opening Ceremony (Details can be found in the Beaver Leader s handbook) Read Poppy Poem 10 mins Game Courier For Peace Game 30 mins Theme Activity Variety of activities done in Round Robin format Meet a Veteran / Peacekeeper Maze 1 Match Game Maze 2 10 mins Song Grand Old Duke of York 5 mins. Lodge Meeting Discussion 5 mins. Spiritual Fellowship Recite Law/Promise Prayer 5 mins Closing Ceremony (Details can be found in the Beaver Leader Handbook) 15 mins Leader Discussion Time Review meeting & discuss next week s plans Meeting Notes: JUMPSTART: Remembrance 1

9 GATHERING ACTIVITY Poppy Wreath Equipment: Copies of Poppy Wreath (see next page), coloured crayons or pencils Beavers colour Poppy Wreath in their lodges. OPENING CEREMONY Poppy Poem Little poppy, Given to me, Help me keep Canada, Safe and Free. GAME Courier For Peace Equipment: Enough soft balls or bean bags for each lodge Divide each lodge into two lines, facing each other some distance apart. (see diagram) Assign a letter of the word PEACE to each pair of players. Give the bean bag to a Beaver at one end. Each Beaver is to say their letter of the word Peace, and throw the bean bag according to the diagram. When the bean bag reaches the end of the line, the Beavers throw the bean bag back down the line again. P E A C E START P E A C E 2 JUMPSTART: Beavers Remembrance

10 We Remember We place wreaths on memorials across Canada to show our thanks to Veterans. Follow the code to finish the picture. 1 - RED 2 - GREEN 3 - YELLOW 4 - BLUE 5 - BLACK The original version of this document has been provided courtesy of Veterans Affairs Canada. JUMPSTART: Remembrance 3

11 Round Robin of Activities Set up the meeting room in a round robin format, with the appropriate pictures and materials available at each table. Table 1 Ask a Veteran/Peacekeeper to come to your meeting and meet the Beavers during this time. Table 2 Maze 1 Which Way? Equipment: Copies of the Maze and pencils. (see page 12) Table 3 Match Game Air, Land and Sea Equipment: Copies of the Match Game and pencils. (see page 13) Table 4 Maze 2 Dangerous Waters Equipment: Copies of the Maze and pencils. (see page 14) 4 JUMPSTART: Remembrance

12 Which Way? Help the soldier find his way throught the maze. The original version of this document has been provided courtesy of Veterans Affairs Canada. JUMPSTART: Remembrance 5

13 Match Game Can you find one picture in each row that is different from the others? The original version of this document has been provided courtesy of Veterans Affairs Canada. 6 JUMPSTART: Beavers Remembrance

14 Dangerous Waters Maze The original version of this document has been provided courtesy of Veterans Affairs Canada. JUMPSTART: Remembrance 7

15 ACTION SONG Grand Old Duke of York Tune: A-Hunting We Will Go The grand old Duke of York, He had ten thousand men. He marched them up the hill, (Everyone stands up) And marched them down again. (Everyone sits down) And when you re up, you re up, (Everyone stands up) And when you re down, you re down. (Everyone sits down) And when you re only halfway up, (Everyone stands halfway up) You re neither up nor down. (Everyone stands up and sits down quickly.) 8 JUMPSTART: Beavers Remembrance